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Hair salons in North Slope Borough, AK

The hair salons in North Slope Borough, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.6M
On personal care products and services · $1,156 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,582
−3.8% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on personal care products and services in North Slope Borough comes to about $2.6M a year: $1,156 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.

There is 1 hair salon on map listings in North Slope Borough as of September 2026. That is 4.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for beauty salons in North Slope Borough, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of North Slope Borough declined 3.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 hair salon on map listings, North Slope Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How North Slope Borough compares

The same measures for Alaska and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the hair salons counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Hair salons in North Slope Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureNorth Slope BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.419.823.4
Spending per listing$2.6M$553K$430K
Households per official establishmentn/a1,8921,535
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.0%+6.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.8%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$1,156$1,095$1,005
Median household income$95,694$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored68

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in North Slope Borough, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in North Slope Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
10,582−3.8% since 2020
Households
2,281
Median age
32.5
Homes lived in by their owners
49%
Vehicles per household
1.0
Land area
88,798 sq. mi.
People per square mile
0
Median household income
$95,694+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$127,358
Median home value
$218,300
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Hair salons across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for hair salons, numbered among those based in Alaska, with North Slope Borough marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for hair salons by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK659523.8$455K+10.4%#465 of 2,339
2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK635414.9$724K−1.4%#518 of 2,339
3Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK634719.3$529K+5.1%#538 of 2,339
4Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK58915.7$681K−2.6%#761 of 2,339
5Juneau City and Borough, AK552922.0$517K−1.8%#907 of 2,339
6Anchorage Municipality, AK5326924.8$467K−1.3%#1,012 of 2,339
7Kodiak Island Borough, AK451123.7$433K−5.0%#1,426 of 2,339
North Slope Borough, AKNot scored14.4$2.6M−3.8%

Other business types in North Slope Borough

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many hair salons are in North Slope Borough, AK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 hair salon in North Slope Borough. The listings count hair and beauty salons. No official count is published for beauty salons in North Slope Borough: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in North Slope Borough, AK spend on personal care products and services?

About $2.6M a year, or $1,156 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 hair salon on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,281 households in North Slope Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does North Slope Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for hair salons?

North Slope Borough has 1 hair salon on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, North Slope Borough would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is North Slope Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put North Slope Borough at 10,582 people in 2025, down 3.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,281 households. Median household income in North Slope Borough is $95,694, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. North Slope Borough has no market score for hair salons: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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